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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






2. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






3. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives






4. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






5. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






6. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






7. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






8. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






9. Document that graphically depicts the project team members and their interrelationships for a specific project






10. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity






11. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






12. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






13. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






14. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






15. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






16. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






17. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






18. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






19. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






20. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.






21. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






22. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






23. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






24. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






25. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






26. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






27. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






28. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team






29. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






30. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






31. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






32. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






33. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






34. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






35. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization






36. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






37. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






38. A component of work performed during the course of a project






39. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






40. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






41. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






42. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






43. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






44. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






45. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed






46. Graphic display of schedule related information.






47. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






48. A product - result or service generated by a process






49. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






50. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.